What We Locate
We locate trees, structures, drainage, and utilities for your design team.
Medford’s hard winter freezes drive freeze/thaw cycling that stresses foundations, slabs, and pipes. Drainage is one part of the existing conditions we map—not a separate problem we leave for the designer to locate.
How We Measure the Lot
We use GNSS RTK rovers for elevation and feature shots on open ground. Under tree canopy where GPS won’t hold, we use a robotic total station to collect the detail. The equipment choice follows the conditions on your lot.
Residential Survey Cost
A topographic survey for a residential lot costs $700–$1,800.
From First Call to Finished Job
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Reach Out
Tell us what you need done and when — you'll get a straight answer, not a sales pitch.
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We Walk the Job
We come out, look at the space, and confirm exactly what the job involves.
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Know the Price First
You get the scope and the price in writing before any work starts. No surprises.
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The Job, Done Right
We do the job right the first time, clean up after ourselves, and stand behind the work.
What this typically involves:
- Setting vertical and horizontal control across the site
- Collecting ground shots, breaklines, and every visible feature and utility
What It Typically Costs
These are planning ranges. Nothing is final until it is in writing.
$500–$1500
FAQs
Yes. Where corners are missing we set stamped iron rods or caps carrying the surveyor's license number, and we flag them so you can find them. The markers are part of the record — moving or destroying them is both a practical problem and, in most states, against the law.
No. A phone's GPS is accurate to several feet at best and isn't tied to your deed or the corner monuments, so the lines those apps draw are approximate and carry no legal weight. Survey-grade GNSS fixes a point to the centimeter against a reference network — a different instrument for a different job.
The property address and, if you have them, a copy of your deed, any prior survey, and your title commitment. Access to walk the property helps, and if there's a specific reason for the survey — a fence, a sale, a building permit — telling us up front lets us scope it right the first time.
Price tracks the work, not the lot size alone. A clean platted lot with good corners is quick; a parcel with missing monuments, conflicting deeds, heavy tree cover, or a metes-and-bounds description takes far more research and field time. We quote after we see the deed and the record, so the number is real.
Usually yes, and often the permit requires it. Building to an assumed line is how encroachment problems start — a fence a foot over the line can cloud a future sale. A current boundary survey shows exactly where you can build and keeps the improvement on your own ground.
It's marking the site so the contractor builds in the right place — offset stakes for the foundation, grade stakes for elevations, and layout for utilities, all set from the engineered plans. It's done in stages as the job progresses, which is why it's usually quoted per visit rather than as one flat fee.
A boundary survey with improvements locates visible features and the easements shown in the record — utility lines, drainage, access, and any structures near the lines. A full ALTA goes further. If a recorded easement doesn't show on your deed, the title research is where it turns up, which is one reason the record work matters.
In Oklahoma, only a licensed Professional Land Surveyor can locate and certify a boundary. A recorded plat shows the intended dimensions, but it doesn't tell you where the corners actually sit on the ground — that takes field measurement tied to the monuments of record. A signed, sealed survey is what a lender, title company, or court will accept.
Communities We Cover
We cover Medford, MA. Call (781) 628-7809 to confirm coverage for your address.
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Where We Stand Before You Call
- Free Estimates
- You get straight answers before you spend a dollar.
- No-pressure guidance
- You'll hear our honest read, never a hard close.
Need help today? Call (781) 628-7809.